After nearly four years spent on the Martian surface, NASA’s InSight lander is coming to the end of its life as the spacecraft’s power generation continues to decline because of dust blown on the lander’s solar panels. The InSight team is now taking steps to make sure the lander continues working as long as possible […]
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The sun surely seems to be smiling down on us. NASA released an image taken by its Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) where the Sun seems to have two dark eyes, a bright round nose and a wide-open smile. “Say cheese! Today, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught the Sun “smiling.” Seen in ultraviolet light, these dark […]
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The InSight lander, perched on the surface of Mars since 2018, will run out of power and stop operations within four to eight weeks, NASA said on Thursday, even as scientists detailed a big meteorite strike it detected that gouged boulder-sized chunks of ice surprisingly close to the planet’s equator. Dust has been accumulating on […]
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NASA announced that it has selected 16 individuals to be part of its independent study team on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). UAP refers to things in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or natural phenomena, or in common parlance, UFOs. The independent study began on Monday, October 24 and will last for a […]
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An orbital NASA instrument designed mainly to advance studies of airborne dust and its effects on climate change has proven adept at another key Earth-science function – detecting large, worldwide emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The device, called an imaging spectrometer, has identified more than 50 methane “super-emitters” in Central Asia, the Middle […]
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One of the most celebrated, awe-inspiring images of modern astronomy, revealing colossal spires of interstellar gas and dust called the Pillars of Creation, has been rendered anew with greater depth, clarity and color by the James Webb Space Telescope. The new view of the pillars, first made famous when captured in 1995 by Webb’s predecessor […]
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NASA has greenlit spacewalks outside of the International Space Station after a flight readiness review. Spacewalks were suspended for nearly seven months since March 23 when a small amount of water was found in ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer’s helmet. “Crew safety is the top priority of NASA and our international partners. I’m […]
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OSIRIS-REx, NASA’s first spacecraft designed for returning an asteroid sample, began its two-year journey back to Earth in 2021 and it is now on track to deliver a sample of the asteroid Bennu back to our planet on September 24, 2023. Here is how NASA plans to execute the “parcel drop” back to Earth. Precise […]
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James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, has died. He was 93. McDivitt was also the commander of 1965’s Gemini 4 mission, where his best friend and colleague Ed White made the first U.S. spacewalk. His photographs of White during the […]
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An unusually bright and long-lasting pulse of radiation swept over our planet on Sunday, October 9, according to NASA. This cosmic blast came from a “gamma-ray burst,” (GRB) which is one of the most powerful kinds of explosions in the universe. As the wave of X-rays and gamma rays passed through the solar system, it […]
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